Website Design
Custom designed websites with strategic insights to generate greater brand engagement, higher conversions and measurable results.
Website Design Process
In order for a website design project to really take off there are a number of steps
that need to be taken to ensure that everything is the best it can be.
In Depth Discovery &
Targeted Website Strategy
From careful research to in-depth analysis and extensive planning, leading website designs can only be created once the goals of a project have been carefully outlined so key elements are visually stunning, yet easy to use.
Planning & Information Architecture
A website’s features, functionalities, and structure should be clearly defined at the start of a project so that there is an accurate idea of what the website should look like that everyone involved on the project can use for reference throughout.
Creative Design & Mockup Iteration
Designs need to be based on industry research along with the goals and objectives of each specific project. It’s important to think about this because the best creative designs live and die by how well received by their target audience they are.
Front-end Coding &
Back-end Development
This phase of the process ensures that everything on the website is easily editable by a user through a content management system, or CMS. There are many different options available, but each CMS needs to be simple to learn so that a business can regularly update the content on their site to keep their at its best to encourage users to come back for multiple visits.
Quality Assurance & Testing
The checklist for this process can be extremely long, but it is important that everything is done correctly in order to guarantee a successful launch for the website. Any problems that arise during this phase should be addressed immediately to avoid issues later on, and any top quality assurance team makes sure that every element is checked – from registration forms to site navigation.
Launch, Analysis & Optimization
However, the website isn’t quite complete – like any great project it is constantly evolving. Analysis needs to ongoing in order to measure how effective individual features and elements of a website actually are and how users are interacting with the website.
How to Increase Engagement
Through Your Website Design
Content
In order to stand out among competitors in your industry, you need to provide content on your website that is relative to your market, and informative to your audience.
A website design that includes strong content, along with an exceptional user experience, will increase your search engine optimization and make your business easier to find for potential customers looking for your services. These features will raise the level of trust that search engines put in your business, and in turn, the qualified traffic that comes to your site. Our integrated marketing team specializes in SEO, content, and online media relations that can help design the necessary content for your website, and strategically market it to solidify your online presence.
Rich Media
A picture is worth a thousand words. When you have a lot to say, sometimes visual media can help alleviate that presentation problem.
Pictures, videos, and info-graphics give you the opportunity to show audiences what you do, rather than just telling them. It provides content to audiences in an engaging and concise format that is easily sharable through other digital platforms. As a full-service digital agency, we can help to generate the media that can bring a whole new look to the design of your website, and essence of your brand.
Compelling CTAs
Make visitors want to engage with your business through inviting calls to action.
Compel them to get involved by navigating audiences through your website, presenting them with interesting content that keeps them informed and attentive along the way. When used strategically, these CTA’s can lead right to a conversion that feels natural to the customer, and true to your brand. At Wishtree Infosolutions, our strategists can create a plan for your website that uniformly fits into the rest of your digital efforts. With a thorough website strategy in place, your calls to action will engage visitors in a way that feels exciting, but still united with your business.
Blogging
A blog is a great way to create a discussion around your brand. You can generate content covering topics that span throughout your entire industry, and help your company stand out as thought-leaders within your market.
This forms a whole new funnel to drive traffic to your website. An individual can share a blog post that in turn drives new potential customers to your website that want to find out more about your company. Our content specialists can help design, write, and manage a blog that reflects your business and your knowledge within the industry, while engaging audiences through compelling content.
Social Media Integration
Social media has allowed audiences to engage with brands more than ever before.
Including access to those channels is a great addition to any website design, especially within blog content. Social media gives you the opportunity to expand the personality of your company, and a lot of customers enjoy connecting with businesses on a casual level. Our online marketing teams can help to integrate social media into your digital practices, and grow your online audience in order to create a more interactive and engaging environment surrounding your brand’s website.
Effective Design
You want the design of your website to reflect the identity of your company, not just the standards of the industry you operate in.
An effective website design will portray the unique essence of a brand, while still making it stand out against other competitors within your market. Details about the products and services you provide, contact information, and thorough instructions laying out the steps to make a purchase should be available to visitors. Providing the material needed in order to get to know your company will help potential customers more easily find all the information they need in order to confidently make a conversion. At Wishtree Infosolutions, we work to get to know the people behind the brand so that we can better your digital efforts. We want to help market your business to an online audience through engaging designs that will grow your brand online.
Responsive Design
With the growing popularity of mobile devices, the importance of designing a website that is compatible with all of these platforms is essential.
You want your visitors to be able to view and navigate your website from whatever medium they are using. Whether that be a laptop, tablet, or mobile phone, making sure that your website accessible and functioning in all of these formats should not be overlooked. Not only does it give you the most value from a business perspective, but it makes engagement easier than ever for the customer.
Quality Assurance & Usability
At the end of the day the most important aspect to a well-designed website, is that it needs to work. Your site needs to function properly, and on a consistent basis.
If a visitor gets to a page and is unhappy or confused by the usability, they are going to leave. Our developers test the quality of each website we develop in order to ensure that they are functioning in the best possible way, and are quick to make changes to alleviate any issues that may arise. This guarantees an effortless experience for our clients, and an engaging one for their audiences.
